Metal receptacle



June 14, 1927.

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s. .HAMM ER METAL RECEPTACLE Filed May 13, 1924 2 Shets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR Jamaal Hammer 25 hinge will be Patented June '14, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

SAMUEL HAMMER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AB SIGNOB '10 UNITED METAL BOX COM- PANY, INC., 0! LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Application filed May 13, 1924.- Serial No. 712,945.

, This invention relates to metal .receptacles and more particularly to boxes or receptacles such as are usually provided inapartment houses, hotels. and other large 6 buildings for receiving mail for the tenants residing therein. However, itwill be apparent from the following description that the lpresent improvements are susceptible of app ication to various other analogous struc- 10 tures designed for other uses such for instance, as electric panel boards or switch boxes. I 7

One of the primary objects of my present. disclosure resides in the provision of such 1 a sheet metal rece tacle or box with an upwardly swin ing oor affording access to the interior of -t e receptacle and an improved 'means for hingedly mounting said door at its upperend upon the interior of the front 2 wall of the box in such manner as to effectually prevent access to any of the hinge parts from the exterior of the box when the door is locked inclosed position, whereby the possible removal of the door at the precluded and attempts at thievery or rifllng of the contents of the box frustrated,

My invention further comprehends an improved hinge mounting and construction 80 whereby the upwardly swinging door when moved to o Jen position will be automatically latched an sustained in such open position against a downward gravity movement.

An additional novel feature of one embodiment of my present improvements resides in the provision of the box structure r with a central horizontally extending wall or panel and reinforcing means on the inner side thereof upon which the hinge parts 40 for the door are mounted and su ported.

I also propose to provide the centra wall or panel of the box with a sight opening and said reinforcing means having a part spaced from said sight opening whereby a name card may be inserted between said part and the box wall. In the use ofmy present-improvements in mail boxes or receptacles, the receptacle is usually provided with a series of individual compartments, and a main .0 door mounted above the front wall or panel of the box and likewise hingedly mounted or supported upon the said reinforcing means, affords access to all of these compartments. This door is o ened by the postman and swings downwarcly to open position. VYhen in such position, said door is positioned in a substantially horizontal plans be low the sight opening referred to so that the names of the various tenants in line with theindividual compartments of the box will be Iplainly visible.

t is a further general object of my present invention to provide improvements in boxes or receptacles of the above character wherein the several parts are of relatively simple form and construction and which will therefore be capable of manufacture at nominal cost while at the same time providing a substantially theft-proof receptacle of great convenience and serviceability in practical use. t

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the improved receptacle and in the form, constructionand re ative arrangement of its several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawin s and subsequently incorporated in the su joined claims.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated several simple and practical embodiments of the essential features of my present improvements, and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing one form'of my invention as applied to an apartment house mail box;

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22. of Figure 1, the box doors being shown in dotted lines in open position;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1;

' Figure 4 is a vertical fragmentary section illustrating more particularly, the manner 95 of mounting the door as upon the front wall or panel of the box structure;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section similar to Figure 3, certain of the parts being broken-away;

Figure 6 is a front elevation showing another and preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken onthe line 88 of Figure 6;

Figure 9 is an enlarged detail vertical section taken on the line 99 of Figure 6;

Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal section similar to Figure 8;

gigure 11 is a fragmentary plan view; an

Figure 12 is a detail vertical section taken on the line 12-12 of Figure 11.

Referring first to Figures 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawings, wherein I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention which in certain instances might be found desirable, 1 have shown a sheet metal box structure 5 which may be of any required dimensions in accordance with the purpose for which it is to be used. As indicated in the drawings, my present improvements are particularly a vantageous when used in connection with boxes or receptacles of the character commonly provided in apartments or other large buildings for receiving the mail of the various tenants.

This box structure as herein shown, is suitably mounted and secured in a cavity or recess formed in the face of the building wall, and the top, bottom and side walls of the box structure are provided at the open side of the box with the laterally extending flanges 6 to which the front frame plate 7 is secured. In the present instance, I have shown this frame as provided with a narrow horizontally extending panel 8 connecting the opposite vertical side portions thereof and located approximately midway between the to and bottom portions of said frame. It Wlll thus be understood that the top, bottom and side portions of said frame in conjunction with the horizontal panel 8, provide upper and lower openings in the frame 7 through which access may be had to the interior of the box. In the illustrated construction, this box is provided with equidistantly spaced vertical partitions 9 extending from the top to the bottom of the box and thus dividing the same into a series of vertical compartments. Of course, it will be apparent that the box may be constructed of any desired width and rovided with a reater number of the partitions 9 than herein shown so as to rovide a corresponding number of the in ividual mail receiving com artments.

T e upper portions of the individual mail compartments formed by'the partitions 9 are closed by means of a common door 10 which closes the upper opening in the front frame 7 of the box above the horizontal panel 8. The lower opening of the frame 7 and the lower portions of the several mail receiving compartments of the box are closed by the separate or individual doors 10' corresponding in number to the number of mail compartments. The upper door 10 is provided upon the inner side thereof with a suitable lock indicated at 12, of which only the postman possesses the proper key. Each of the individual lower doors is provided on its inner side with a lock 12 of which the respective tenants possess the roper keys. Above each of these locks the oor 11 has a slot 13 therein through which visiting cards or other small pieces of paper might be inserted. However, these slots are not of sufficient dimensions to permit letters of the usual size to be inserted therethrough or to be extracted from the box compartments.

The doors 10 and 11 are hingedly mounted for swinging movement upon the inner face of the frame panel 8 in the following manner. A reinforcing plate 14 of sheet metal is riveted or otherwise permanently secured at spaced points as at 15, to the inner side of said panel and is substantially co-extensive in length therewith. The upper longitudinal edge of this reinforcing plate is bent to provide a continuous loop 16 which, it will be noted from reference to Figure 2 of the drawings, is positioned below the upper edge of the panel8. The opposite longitudinal edge of the plate 14: is likewise provided with a similar loop 17 which is spaced above the lower edge of the panel 8. These loops 16 and 17 project inwardly from the intermediate portion of the late 14 which is fixed to the frame panel,

at it will be noted from reference to F igure 4 that the loop or bend 17 in the lower edge of said plate is of greater transverse dimensions than the upper loop 16 or in other words, the central part of the loop 17 is spaced from the inner face of the panel 8 for a greater distance than the corresponding portion of the upper loop 16.

At equi-distantly spaced points, and preferably at the approximate center of each of the box compartments, the lower hinge loop 17 on the reinforcing plate has resiliently movable tongues 18 formed therein by cutting or slitting the loop at longitudinally spaced points, said tongue being inwardly bent so that normally its intermediate portion is in closer relationship to the frame panel 8 than the remaining portions of the loops 17.

To the inner face of the upper door 10 at its lower edge and at properly spaced points, the substantially U-shaped angular arms 19 are secured'at one of their ends. The other ends of these arms are positioned beyond the lower horizontal edge of the door and in the same the hinge rod 20 is fixed. This hinge rod is mounted for free turning movement in the continuous longitudinal loop 16 provided upon the upper-edge of the reinforcing plate 14, and when the door 10 is swung downwardly to an open position as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, the upper edge portion of the panel 8 above the loop 16 is received in the space 21 between the spaced parts of the hinge arms 19, the ends of said hinge arms bearing against the inner side of the panel 8 and limiting the movement of the door to its open horizontal position.

Spaced hinge arms 22'similar to the arms 19, are also secured to the inner face of each of the lower doors 11 at its upper edge. The arms 22 on each door 11 are connected by a hinge rod 23, said hinge rods being mounted in the lower loop 17 on the reinforcing plate. Each of these hinge rods 23 is engaged by one of the sprlng tongues 18 which normally urges said hinge rod towards the panel 8 to yieldingly hold the door 11 in its open or closed position. It will be understood that the ends of the arms 19 and 20 extend through suitable slots proe vided in the loops 16 and 17 as indicated for I instance, at 24, in Figure 5 of the drawings. The free ends of the arms 22 on the lower doors 11 are square so that the end edges extend at right angles to the longitudinal edges thereof. These end portions of the hinge arms coacting against the inner face of the frame panel 8 act as cams to cause an inward and outward movement of the hinge rod 23 in the loop 17 as the door is swung to its open or closed position.

Assuming that all ofthe doors are in their closed positions as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, it will be under--tood that when the postman desires to insert mail into the box compartments, he inserts the proper key into the lock 12 so that the door 10 may be swung downwardly to a horizontal position where it is supported by the bearing contact of the hinge arms 19 against the frame panel 8. The mail for the respective tenants is then inserted into the upper portions of the several box compartments so that it drops downwardly into the lower portions of said compartments. The door 10 is then closed and locked, and it will be apparent that since all of the hinge parts are on the inner side of the front panel, access may not be had thereto by persons intended to rifle the contents of the box by the removal of the doors at their hinge connections. lVhen one of the tenants desires to remove his mail, he inserts his key into the lock 12' of the proper door 11, and then swin s said door upwardly. In this upward swinging movement of the door, as illustrated in Figure 4:, the ends of the hinge arms 20 bear against the inner face of the panel 8 and one of the diagonal corners of the ends of the arms exerts a camming actionto move the hinge rod23 inwardly in the loop 17 against the spring tongue 18 thereby forcing the tongue inwardly from its normal position and causing the same to exert a resllient bearing pressure against the hinge rod. When the door 11 is inits fully open horizontal position as shown in Figure 2, as the inner side of the hinge arm 22 bearing against the inner face of the panel 8, the spring tongue 18 returning to its normal position, maintains a constant bearing contact against the inner side of the hinge rod, thereby holding-the ends of the arms 22 in close engagement against the inner face of the panel8 and sustaining the door 11 in its open horizontal position against downward gravity movement. After removing the mail, in order to close the door 11, it is necessary to exert a downward pressure thereon to overcome the spring action of the ton ue 18, the resistance of said tongue against the closing movement of the door increasing as the door approaches an angle of approximatel 45 and then decreasing in the continued movement of the door from such position to its fully closed position in the vertical plane of the front frame plate 7 of the box. Thus it will be seen that my new hinge construction automatically acts 'to sustain the upwardly swinging doors 11 in open position so that it is not necessary to hold said door in such open position with the hand while the mail is being removed from the box'compartment.

In Figures 6 to 12 inclusive of the drawings, I have shown a construction which I deem preferable, particularly for use in mail boxes or receptacles for the reason that it strictly complies with all postal regulations. In this preferred construction the body of the box is substantially the same as that above referred to with the exception that the central horizontal front wall or panel 8 is connected to the lower horizontal portion of the marginal frame 7 by means of the vertically spaced .integral metal bars or strips 25 so that the lower doors 11' are. spaced from each other and do not abut at their side edges when in closed position. The interior of the box is divided into spaced vertically extending compartments by the partitions 9 and in this construction the lower doors 11 may be provided with a plurality of ornamentally shaped and arranged portion of this reinforcing plate is secured along its lower edge to the panel 8 while thespaced end portions of said plate are secured to the partitions 9" or to one of the partitions and one side wall of the box struc-- ture. These reinforcing members are thus permanently and rigidly fixed in position by spot welding, no rivets or other fastening means accessible from the exterior of the box being employed.

From reference to Figure 10 of the drawings it will be observed that the end portions of each reinforcing member 14 adjacent their juncture with the intermediate portion of said member which is fixed to the panel 8, is angularly otlset as at 27 and spaced from the partition 9 or the side wall of the box. These offset end portions of the reinforcing members are provided with openings 28' therethrough for a purpose to be presently described.

A fixed hinge rod 28 extends through the several partition walls 9 and through the offset end portions 27 of the reinforcing members, said hinge rod however, not extending through the side walls of the box but teiminating inwardly of said side walls. It will therefore be apparent that this hinge rod is inaccessible when the box doors are closed. The upper door 10 is provided adjacent its lateral edges and on its inner face with the hinge arms or members 19 which are somewhat-similar to the hinge members on the door 10 of the first described construction and are loosely engaged at their free ends upon the fixed hinge rod 28.

Each of the lower doors 11 is also provided with similar spaced hinge arms or members 22 likewise loosely engaged for turning movement upon the rod 28. The upward swinging movement of the doors 11 to their open positions is limited by contact of the obliquely inclined edges 29 of the end portions of said arms 22' against the reinforcing plate 14 on the inner face of the panel 8, and it will be observed that these inclined edges are so related to the door 11 as to permit of the upward movement of the door above a horizontal plane at right angles to the front wall of the box structure, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 7 of the drawings. In spaced relation to the fixed hinge rod 28, each of the arms 22 has a boss or protuberance 30 formed thereon which is adapted to ride over the offset portion 27 at one end of the reinforcing member 14 and snap into the opening or perforation 28' in said .member when the door 11 reaches theend of its upward movement. The hinge arms 22' carried by the door have a slight lateral yield as the projections or protuberances 30 thus engage and ride over the offsets 27. It will be noted from reference to Figure 9 of the drawings that the extremities 28 of the hinge arms-22 extend into slots 28 provided in the reinforcing members or plates 14. Thus as the projections 30 ride over the shoulders 27 and into the perforations 28, the ends of the hinge arms are prevented from shifting axiall on the rod 28, said ends of the arms bin ing against the edges of slots 28 and overcoming any tendency of the projections 30 to ride out of the openings 28 under the weight of the door. It will, therefore, be seen that in this construction, the door is sustained in open position in upwardly inclined relation to the veitical plane of the front wall of the box so that it permits of free and unobstructed access to the lower partof the box compartmentwhereby the mail may be easily withdrawn therefrom.

The downward movement of the upper door 10 to a horizontal plane is limited by contact of the hinge arms 19' against the inner side of the panel 8. This panel is provided in line with each of the box compartments with a sight opening 31 and each of the reinforcing members 14 on the inner side of said panel has the upper portion thereof inwardly offset as at 3:2 to provide a space between said reinforcing member and the panel in which a name card' indicated at C, may be inserted. It will be noted from referenceto Figures 6 and 7 that when the upper door 10' is open it is horizontally disposed in a plane below the sight openings 31 so that the postman may sort his mail upon the open door with the names of the tenants in line with the several compartments unobstructed and directly in front of his eyes, thus facilitating the sorting of the mail and its proper distribution to the several box compartments. It is also to be observed from reference to Figure 7 that when the lower door 11 is in its open position, the name cards are likewise visible through the sight opening 31.

In the construction last described, the several parts comprising the box structure are likewise secured together by spot welding. Thus it will be apparent that when the box is mounted in position in a mortise or recess in the wall structure, no bolts, rivets or other connecting members are accesssible and when the doors are closed and locked the mail matter cannot be removed from the box compartments except by one possessing the proper key, unless the walls of the box are cut through and the box practically destroyed. It will, therefore, be seen that this last described construction is particularly advantageous when embodied in mail boxes or receptacles for apartment houses or other large buildings. Owing to the fact that the several parts are of. very simple form and no unusual manufacturing methods are required, it will be evident that the cost of production will be relatively low.

. From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, manner of operation and several advantages of the described embodiments of my present improvements will III be-readily understood. It will seen that supported is strongly reinforced in, eachv construction so that it Wlll not bebent or distorted or the hinge connections of the doors weakened even thou h the doors may be subjected to considerab e weight or pressure. a v

I have herein shown several desirable practical embodiments of the several novel features of'my present improvements, but it will, of course, be understood that the box may be provided with any desired number of individual compartments, and that this box structure. may be of various other forms and sizes than that illustrated in the, accompanying drawings, in accordance, with I partitions atfordmg spaced compartments theparticular purpose for which the-box or receptacle is to be used. In such other and' difie're'ntuses of my invention it is manifest that certain minor modifications of the detail parts might be required and it is therefore to be understood that the essential features of the present disclosure are susceptible of embodiment in various other alternative mechanical, structures without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as, defined in the appended claims. @I claim: a

1. A receptacle provided with upper and lower doors and having a panel between said doors, and a common means for hin edly supporting said doors at the inner si e of set panel for outward swinging movement around a horizontal axis and in relatively opposite directions.

2. A receptacle rovided with upper and lower doors and aving a anel etween said doors, and means exten ing along the inner side of said panel supporting said doors for vertical swlnging movement, each .of said doors having hinge arms engaged with said su porting means, the arms on the upper oor limiting the downward swinging movement of said, door to 0 en position by engagement with the inner side of said panel and the arms on the lower dodr also enga 'ng the inner'side of said panel to limit t e upward swinging movementof the latter door to its open osition.

3. A receptacle rovide with upper and lower doors and aving a said doors, means extending a on p the inner side of said panel supporting sai doors for vertical swinging movement, each of said doors having 'hingearms engaged with said supportin means, the arms on the upper door limiting the downward swinging movement of said door to open position, by-'en-- gagement with the inner side of said panel and the arms on the lower door alsoflengalging-the inner side'of said panel to limit t upward swinging movement oisthe latterher-face of said frame panel.

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door to its open position, and means for :m-

tomatically latching the lower door in its open position and yieldingly sustaining the door m such position with respect to the panel against gravity swinging movement to its closed position.

4. A. receptacle provided with upper and I lower doors and a horizontal panel between said doors, a hinge rod mounted upon the inner side of said panel, hinge arms on each of said doors mounted upon said rod where therein, a frontframe plate-secured upon the receptacle walls and having a horizontally extending panel providing upper-and lower openings communicating with said compartments, a common,door for the u per portions of the compartments, indivi ual. doors for the lower portions of said compartments, and a common means for hingedly mounting all of said doors upon the in- 6. A receptacle provided with vertical partitions affording spaced compartments therein, a front frame plate secured upon the receptacle wallsand having ahorizontally extending panel providing upper and lower openings communicatin with said compartments. a common door or the upper portions of said compartments, individual doors for the lower portions of said compartments, reinforcing members secured. to the inner face of said panel and each having angularly disposed end portions a bin e rod extending along the. inner sideof said panel and through said end portions of the reinforcing members, and hinge arms on said doors loosely engaged upon said hinge rod and supporting said doors for vertical swinging movement in relatively opposite directions.

7. receptacle provided with vertical part tions afford ng spaced compartments therein, a front frame late secure upon the receptacle walls and aving a horizontally extending panel providing u perand lower.

openings communicating wit said compartments, acommon-door for the u per por- .tionsv of said compartments, indivi ual doors for the lower portions of said compartments, reinforcing members secured to the inner face of said panel and each having angularly disposed end portions,a hinge rod extending along the inner side of said panel I and through said end portions of the reinforcing members, hinge arms on said doors loosely engaged upon said hinge rod and supporting said doors for vertical swinging movement in relatively opposite directions, and coacting means on the hinge arms of the lower doors and the end portions of said reinforcing members to yieldingly sustain said doors in their open position against downward swinging movement.

8. A receptacle provided with vertical partitions affording spaced compartments therein, a front frame plate secured upon the receptacle walls and having a horizontally extending panel providing upper and lower openings communicating with said compartments, a common door for the upper portions of said compartments, individual doors for the lower portions of said compartments, reinforcing members secured to the inner face of said panel and each having angularly disposed end portions, a hinge rod extending along the inner side of said panel and through said end portions of the reinforcing members, hinge arms on said doors loosely engaged upon said hinge rod and supporting said doors for vertical swinging movement in relatively opposite directions, the end portions of each of said rein forcing members having openings therethrough and said hinge arms on the lower doors being provided with projections adapted to engage in said openings and yieldingly sustain said lower doors in their open positions against a downward swinging movement.

9. A receptacle, provided with a plurality of separate compartments and a door opening for each compartment, reinforcing members above each of said compartments fixed to the inner face of the receptacle wall, each of 'said reinforcing members having angular inwardly extending end portions, a horizontal hinge rod extending along the inner side of said receptacle wall, a door for each of said openings, hinge arms on the inner face of each door at its upper end loosely engaged upon said rod. said doors swinging upwardly to open position, and said arms and the end portions of said reinforcing members having coacting means yieldingly sustaining the doors in open position against downward swinging movement.

10. A receptacle provided with a plurality of separate compartments and a door opening for each compartment, reinforcing members above each of said compartments fixed to the inner face of the receptacle wall, each of said reinforcing members having angular inwardly extending end portions, a horizontal hinge rod extending along the inner side of said receptacle wall, a door for each of said openings, hinge arms on the inner face of each door at its upper end loosely engaged upon said rod, said doors swinging upwardly to open position, the end portions of each of said reinforcing members having openings therethrough and said hinge arms provided with projections to engage in said openings and yieldingly sustain the doors in open position against downward swinging movement.

11. A receptacle provided with vertical partitions affording separate compartments therein and a door opening for each ofsaid compartments, reinforcing members fixed to the inner face of the receptacle wall above each of the door openings, each of said members having inwardly extending ends fixed to said partitions and the side walls of the receptacle, a hinge rod extending along the inner side of the receptacle wall above the door opening through said partitions and the ends of the reinforcing members, a door for each opening, hinge arms fixed to the inner face of the door at the upper end thereof loosely engaged upon said rod, said door swinging upwardly to its open position, and said hinge arms and the end portions of the reinforcing members having coacting means to sustain the doors in open position against downward swinging movement.

12. A mail collection receptacle having a mail receiving compartment provided with an opening in its front wall, a hinge rod mounted upon the receptacle, a vertically swinging door having spaced hinge arms connected to said rod, parts fixed to the inner faces of the side walls of the receptacle compartment, said parts and the hinge arms having relatively yieldable portions provided with automatically coacting means operating to releasably retain the door in an open position.

13. A receptacle having a door opening in one wall thereof, a reinforcing plate secured to the inner face of the receptacle wall at the lower edge of said opening and having a part spaced from said wall to provide a card receiving recess, said wall having a sight opening through which the card is visible, and a door hingedly mounted upon the inner side of said receptacle wall for outward and downward swinging movement to an open position substantially in a horizontal plane below said sight-opening.

14. A receptacle having a door opening in one wall thereof, a reinforcing plate secured to the inner face ofthe receptacle wall at the upper edge of said opening, a hinge rod supported by said reinforcing plate, a door for said opening provided with spaced hinge arms at its upper end loosely engaged upon said rod, said reinforcing plate having slots therein receiving the ends of said hinge arms, said hinge arms adapted to limit the upward opening swinging movement of said 'door by contact with the reinforcing plate, and coacting means on said hinge arms and the reinforcing plate sustaining said door againstdownward gravity swinging movement to its closed position.

15. A receptacle having a wall provided with upper and lower spaced openings therein, a door for each of said openings, and a common means hingedly supporting said doors at one of their ends uponthe receptacle wall between said openings for independent vertical swinging movement in relatively opposite directions to open and closed positions.

16. A mail box construction of the class described comprising a mail box divided by partition walls into a plurality of receptacles opening through one face only of said box. door members controlling admission to the separate receptacles. a master door controlling admission to all of said receptacles and a rod extending between the side walls of the mail box upon which all the doors are nivotally mounted.

17.7A mail box provided with a plurality of compartments, a plurality of doors for closing the lower portions of said compartments, there being an individual door for each compartment, said doors being hingedly mounted in the box near their upper ends. and means, relatively stationary to said doors when being lifted for opening the compartments, adapted to catch said doors in their open positions.

18. A mail box construction of the class described comprising a mail box having a unitary body, structure divided by vertical partition walls into a plurality of compartments openingthrough the front side of the box, afront plate having its marginal portions secured to the top", bottom and side walls of the box structure and projecting beyond the same, independently operable door members of uniform width controlling admission to the lower end portions of the respective compartments, hinge arms on the inner face of each of said door members, a common hinge rod with which said hinge arms are connected fixed within the box structure, and a one-piece master door memher-controlling admission to the up er end portions of all of said compartmen s and hingedly supported near its lower end with-' by a horizontal panel and affording access to the respective compartments, independently operable door members controlling admission to the lower end portions of the respective compartments and hingedly mounted near their upper ends within the box, and a one-piece master door member controlling admission to the upper end portions of all of said compartments and nmgedly mounted i in the box near its lowerend, and the hinge meansfor all ofsald' doormembersbelng located between the upper and lower edges of said panel.

In testimony that I claim. the foregoing invention as my invention I have signed my name hereto.

- SAMUEL HAMMER 

